EVENTS . . .

Our annual Toys For Tots dinner will be be held December 6, 2018 at the Red Lobster Restaurant, 2579 Cobb Parkway, Smyrna 30080 starting at 7:00 pm. Meal is order from the menu (30% is non sea food) with individual bills.

Our speaker will be LTCOL Erich Bergiel U.S. Marine Corps, Executive Officer, Combat Logistics Regiment 45. They recently returned from a deployment to Hondurus.

A toy donation is requested.

RSVP is requested so that we have an idea as to attendance. Contact Harley Jones, president, at htjones@mindspring.com.

BIO:

Dr. Bergiel is currently a Professor at the University of West Georgia in the Department of Management. His areas of instruction include Management, Organizational Behavior, International Management, Entrepreneurship, and Operations Management at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Dr. Bergiel’s research interests include leadership, group dynamics, and shared cognitions. He also consults for businesses on these or other related managerial topics. Prior to obtaining his PhD, Dr. Bergiel was a Combat Engineer Officer in the United States Marine Corps. He is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve.

Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans from Cobb and surrounding counties will be shown recognition Saturday that they and many of their peers did not receive upon returning home decades ago.

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is hosting a Certificate of Honor and Lapel Pin Ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cobb Civic Center. About 750 veterans have RSVP’ed for the event, though organizers are expecting about 550 to 600 to make it to Saturday’s ceremony, according to Brian Zeringue, director of the public information division of the Georgia Department of Veterans Service.

The public is also invited to attend the event to help honor the veterans in attendance.

Congressman Barry Loudermilk, a Constitutional Conservative, represents Georgia's 11th Congressional District, which includes all of Bartow and Cherokee counties as well as portions of Cobb and Fulton Counties.

In the 115th Congress, Rep. Loudermilk serves as a member of three important U.S. House Committees: Financial Services, House Administration, and Space, Science and Technology. Barry also serves on the steering committee for the Republican Study Committee (RSC), conservative caucus of the House Republicans.

In addition to hearing from Congressman Loudermilk, a highlight of this event is the presentation of the prestigious USO Patriot of the Year award.

Ball Information

Tickets are: $75.00 each or you can purchase a table of 10 for $750.00..

Keynote Speaker: Major General James E. Livingston, MOH, USMC (Ret.)

Additional Speakers: TBD

Marvin Myers Leadership Award Honoree

Emcee: Wes Sarginson, author and formerly with WXIA-TV NBC Atlant

Schedule of Events

1800hrs: Social Hour and Silent Auction

1900: Dinner & Military Program Begins

230: Program Ends

Guests

An estimated 500 guests will gather to pay special tribute to our Veterans and to the men and women who are serving our Nation today. Guests will include leaders and representatives from all Veterans Service Organizations, Active Duty military members, corporate sponsors, and members of corporate military groups.

There are no paper tickets issued for this event, but you must buy tickets in advance. You must check in with the registration desk and identify your name or the name of organization your table was purchased under. You will then be advised what table you are assigned to.

If attending with one of our sponsors, please ensure that they have forwarded a list of attendees who are using their seats to ensure that you are seated at the correct table.

Parking

There is no valet parking available.

We recommend that you park at the Georgia Aquarium and utilize their 1,600 parking spaces. Once in the parking garage, follow the signs to the Ball Entrance to enter directly to our event.

You’re invited to the annual 2017 Georgia Veterans Day Association Inc., Veterans Day Parade and Freedom Ball to honor, support and thank all who have served and are currently serving our Nation in the United States Military.

The Parade will start at 11:11 hours, and will begin in Downtown Atlanta on Peachtree Street and end at the intersection of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Marietta Street. The Freedom Ball will be held at the Georgia Aquarium. Social Hour and Silent Auction starts at 6:00 pm, Dinner and Military Program begins at 7:00 pm and the program ends at 10:30 pm.

The theme this year is the “WWI Centennial” in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the start of America's military involvement in The Great War, we are paying special honors to those who fought and died in World War I. This is a great opportunity for everyone to learn more about this historical conflict and to understand the very origins of Armistice Day which later became Veterans Day.

We are pleased to announce the 2017 Grand Marshal and Freedom Ball Keynote Speaker MAJ GEN James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret), and recipient of the Medal of Honor.

The City of Marietta and the Kiwanis Club of Marietta invite the public to honor our community’s veterans with a parade and ceremony on the Marietta Square, Saturday, November 11, 2017.

The 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade will meet at Roswell Street Baptist Church at 0915. RSBC is located at 774 Roswell Street in Marietta, Georgia 30060. Patriot Guard Riders will assist in lining up in parade order. The Parade will begin promptly at 1045. The Parade route will go straight west down Roswell Street to the Marietta Square, turn right on West Park Square, turn right on North Park Square, then proceed straight to what becomes Lawrence Street. We encourage people to come to the Marietta Square to hear our Grand Marshal and participate in the Veterans Day Ceremony.

Grand Marshal for the 2017 Veterans Day Parade is Colonel Mike Varicak, United States Marine Corps. Col. Varicak presently serves as the Emergent Sourcing Chief on the Joint Staff and is responsible for the emergent sourcing of military forces to combatant commanders worldwide. The Color Guard will be provided by the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, United States Marine Corps. A 21-Gun Salute and “Taps” will be performed by the Cobb County Sheriff’s Department.

Atlanta Metropolitan Council NLUS

Atlanta Metropolitan Council, The Navy League of the United States was organized as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation in 1946. As a civilian group in support of the sea services, we try to make a difference in matters important to our National Defense.